Schutt
On your manned aa guns in the countryside question, I believe you can.
On converting elevation files to ah2 terrains, this is what I know:
The *.typ files are 512x512 and contain the tile numbers – 8-byte integers 0 thru 6 – that are for the blue "+" signs in the Terrain Editor. The file begins (file address 0) at the lower left and runs left to right. The final point (file address 3FFFF) is in the upper right corner.
The *.elv files are 2048 wide by 1024 high. Actually they are set of 1024x1024 16-byte integers that contain the elevation data for each blue and green "+" sign. The file starts (file address 0) with the blue "+" in the lower left corner of the terrain, moves to the right alternating between the blue and green "+" signs, and finishes with a green "+" on the right. The next row is all green. The row after that again alternates between blue and green. Therefore, the terrain's top and right edges consist of all green "+" signs. The file ends (address 1FFFFF) with the green "+" in the upper right corner.
Hope that is clear enough to help.
MachNix